The European Union (EU) funds and promotes a wide range of information-related research and development under Directorate-General XIII,
Telecommunications,
Information Market
and Exploitation of Research.
Many other countries have established national information infrastructure programs and associated research and development support mechanisms.
The continued expansion of information infrastructure and the penetration of information technology into more aspects of daily activities will require basic and applied research in many disciplines.
Just as the frontiers of computing have moved from desktop to mobile computing